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How Children Benefit by Having Mothers Who Work Outside the Home

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home with their children and that it is better. A reason as to why one mom decided to stay at home comes from Sugars book called When Mothers Work, Who  Pays?: " My mother mostly always worked and while my other friends went home to a "stay-at-home" mother and had home-made cookies waiting for them, I went home to an  empty house after school. I swore I wouldnt do that to my children" (Sugar 10) . The sentiments to come from that book, and the title, indicate that the  children are in some way harmed when a mother works, but nothing could be further form the truth. As the participant who gave the quote noted, she decided not to  work largely for emotional reasons. She remembers a childhood where she was one of the only "latch key" kid on the block. Yet, those memories reflect a time and place  that was perhaps not as cozy as Beaver Cleaver days, but like June, many mothers just did not work. Largely, there was not as much opporutniy. Also, in the days  to which she refers women were not expected to go to college. Today, gender is not a factor in planning a childs education. It is hoped that everyone would go,  and then create a life that provides fulfilling work. That is what is considered a full life. Further, going back to work after having children is not bad for the  family. There is a general consensus that when the mother works, there is more money for special things or things that the chldren need (Burleigh 92). It is true that  in todays economy, being deprived of a working mother may mean being deprived of things that other children have. Although families reason that the children just need their parents, it